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** There's also a memo you can find in one of the final levels that was sent by the manufacturer of their fake lava, stating that while it looks far less realistic than previous versions (the lava in NOLF2 looks terrible compared to the first game), it is far hotter.
* In ''[[Lemmings]]'', lava looks like bubbling, red-orangey water, and causes [[Super Drowning Skills|the same kind of death]] as any of the other types of water.
* In ''[[* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls FourIV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]'', non-enemy NPCs, and some creatures will only ever attack if the player attacks them first. A handful of creatures will actually run away if the player approaches. Sometimes, enemies will flee combat if their health gets low. However, there are ''very'' few NPC's or creatures that display this behavior - most are ludicrously aggressive and will always fight to the death. Even if the player obviously very powerful and they do not stand a chance.|Oblivion]]'' players can swim through and under lava if they have enough hit points/health potions and the Water-Walking spell works on it. Then again, considering it's a hell dimension, it may very well be boiling blood.
** Well, it IS''is'' referred to as the "Waters Ofof Oblivion." Who says it isn't just magic water that does fire damage?
** Most likely the case, as lava in [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]] is treated fairly realistically (you don't sink when you step on it, you can't swim in it, and it doesn't flow like water). Can stand next to it all day without minding, though. Cryodiil doesn't have much in the way of active tectonic activity, where Morrowind is set on a large volcanic island.
* Most of the lava in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 2'' is treated as a [[Bottomless Pit]]. However in one level you can cool the lava down in order to swim through it.
** [[Justified Trope]] because it actually ''is'' boiling hot water which you have to cool down in order to be able to swim through it and only years of [[Genre Savvy]]ness would make you think otherwise. However, this doesn't explain [[Artistic License Physics|why the water isn't just vaporizing]] - and why it's [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|turning red]]...
*** The reason in this case is because the level in the screenshot is a [[Palette Swap]] of the Sunken Ship level type, with the "lava" being a unique twist to it for the [[Lethal Lava Land]] world.
*** Or how jumping on a seal's back allows him to cool it down. (Though at least that remains [[Magic A Is Magic A|internally consistent]]; you later use the same seals again for a [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]).
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